About Lesa's Book Critiques
| I have been a library manager/administrator for over 30 years, in Ohio, Florida, Arizona, and, now, Indiana. Library Journal Mystery Reviewer of the Year 2018. 2022 Raven Award recipient from Mystery Writers of America. Recipient of the 2018 David Thompson Memorial Special Service Award from Bouchercon Board. Winner of the 2011 Arizona Library Association Outstanding Library Service Award. I am a mystery columnist for Library Journal, Mystery Readers Journal, and ReadertoReader.com. Author of the “Mystery Fiction” chapter in Genreflecting: A Guide to Popular Reading Interests (7th ed.) Winner of the 2009 and 2010 Spinetingler Awards for Best Reviewer. |
Recent Posts
The Body in the Back Garden by Mark Waddell
The Body in the Back Garden by Mark Waddell marks the debut of the Crescent Cove queer cozy mystery series. As with any cozy series, it introduces the amateur sleuth, the setting of the series, and explains how the main character ended up in that town. I have to...
Fadeaway Joe by Hugh Lessig
Hugh Lessig's debut crime novel, Fadeaway Joe, introduces an unlikely duo, and an unreliable narrator not easily forgotten. In fact, it's an entire cast of suspicious characters. At sixty-four, Joe Pendergast isn't willing to give up his career working for Maxie...
A Man of Iron by Troy Senik
Thank you to a friend, David Chaudoir, for today's review of Troy Senik's book, A Man of Iron: The Turbulent Life and Improbable Presidency of Grover Cleveland. David is a writer and an anthropologist. A MAN OF IRON: THE TURBULENT LIFE AND IMPROBABLE PRESIDENCY OF...